1987 Moved to Englewood, Colorado; started middle school; went skiing for the first time
1988 First overnight backpacking trip, in Rocky Mountain National Park
1990 First trip to Utah; visited Arches, Capitol Reef, Bryce, and Zion national parks and monuments
1993 Graduated from Cherry Creek High School; rafted Cataract Canyon in Canyonlands National Park, Utah; moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to attend Carnegie Mellon University
1994 Hiked first fourteener, Longs Peak, in Colorado
1995 Was a raft guide on the Arkansas River in Colorado for the summer; moved to Lausanne, Switzerland, for a year of study abroad
1997 Graduated from Carnegie Mellon University; stalked by a black bear in Grand Teton National Park; started working at Intel in Phoenix, Arizona
1998 First winter climb on Humphreys Peak, Arizona; first alpine rock-climbing trip on Vestal Peak, Colorado; backpacked into Havasupai Canyon with my sister for Thanksgiving; climbed first winter solo fourteener, Quandary Peak
1999 Moved to Tacoma, Washington; climbed Mount Rainier and Mount Shuksan in Washington; moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico; joined the Albuquerque Mountain Rescue Council
2001 Climbed in the Cordillera Blanca in Peru; finished hiking the Colorado fourteeners in November
2002 Left Intel; climbed Denali in Alaska in June; moved to Aspen, Colorado, in November
2003 Climbed Pyramid, Holy Cross, Longs, Capitol, and the Maroon Bells as winter solo ascents; got caught in a Grade 5 avalanche on Resolution Peak, Colorado; visited Blue John Canyon, Utah